KYSR

KYSR, Star 98.7, is an hot AC radio station playing mostly alternative music from the 80's through today without the very hard stuff in Los Angeles. Some call the format "Modern AC". The station currently features the morning team of "Jamie, Jack & Stench".

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Originally KMGM, and then KCBH, 98.7 became the home of K-JOI, a beautiful music station by the late 1960s and stayed as such through the 1980s. Over the years the station was owned by Viacom. In 1989, it became KXEZ initially keeping an easy listening format. But they updated it and increased vocalists from 4 per hour to half and half. They also replaced the older traditional vocalists with AC artists. In 1991 they dropped the instrumentals and became a Soft AC station. In 1992 Viacom bought KQLZ on 100.3 and renamed it KXEZ and moved the Soft AC format there. 98.7 changed its call letters to KYSR and became "Star 98.7". Initially the station was a straight AC and by 1993 a Hot AC. By 1995 Star 98.7 dropped most of the rhythmic pop and soft rock tunes and focused on alternative hist from the 80's along with modern rock without the hard stuff. Ryan Seacrest from American Idol was an afternoon DJ at "Star 98.7" from 1995 to 2003.

Hot AC: REDIRECT Adult contemporary music#Hot adult contemporary...

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